SECOND QUARTER 2014SECOND QUARTER 2014
Conference Call Notes
August 8, 2014
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Agenda
Forward-looking Statements
Denis Jasmin,
Vice-President, Investor Relations
President and CEO Remarks
Robert G. Card,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Financial Review
Alain-Pierre Raynaud,
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
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Forward Looking StatementsReference in this presentation, and hereafter, to the “Company” or to “SNC-Lavalin” means, as the context may require, SNC-Lavalin Group
Inc. and all or some of its subsidiaries or joint arrangements, or SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. or one or more of its subsidiaries or joint
arrangements.
Statements made in this presentation that describe the Company’s or management’s budgets, estimates, expectations, forecasts, objectives,predictions, projections of the future or strategies may be “forward-looking statements”, which can be identified by the use of the conditionalor forward-looking terminology such as “aims”, “anticipates”, “assumes”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “goal”, “intends”, “may”,
“plans”, “projects”, “should”, “will”, “synergy”, “cost savings”, or the negative thereof or other variations thereon. Forward-looking
statements also include any other statements that do not refer to historical facts. Forward-looking statements also include statements relatingto the following: (i) future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition,losses and future prospects; and (ii) business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of the Company’s operations andpotential synergies resulting from the Acquisition. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the “safe-harbour” provisions ofapplicable Canadian securities laws. The Company cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,and that its actual actions and/or results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, or couldaffect the extent to which a particular projection materializes. Forward-looking statements are presented for the purpose of assisting investorsand others in understanding certain key elements of the Company’s current objectives, strategic priorities, expectations and plans, and in
obtaining a better understanding of the Company’s business and anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that suchinformation may not be appropriate for other purposes.
Forward-looking statements made in this presentation are based on a number of assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable onAugust 8, 2014. The assumptions are set out throughout the Company’s 2013 MD&A (particularly, in the sections entitled “Critical AccountingJudgments and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty” and “How We Analyze and Report our Results” in the Company’s 2013 MD&A), asupdated in the Company’s Second Quarter of 2014 MD&A. If these assumptions are inaccurate, the Company’s actual results could differmaterially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. In addition, important risk factors could cause the Company’sassumptions and estimates to be inaccurate and actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by theseforward-looking statements. These risk factors are set out in the Company’s 2013 MD&A and updated in the Company’s Second Quarter of2014 MD&A.
The 2014 outlook referred to in this presentation is forward-looking information and is based on the methodology described in the Company’s2013 MD&A under the heading “How We Budget and Forecast Our Results” and is subject to the risks and uncertainties described in theCompany’s public disclosure documents. The purpose of the 2014 outlook is to provide the reader with an indication of management’sexpectations, at the date of this presentation, regarding the Company’s future financial performance and readers are cautioned that thisinformation may not be appropriate for other purposes.
PRESIDENT AND CEO REMARKS
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PRESIDENT AND CEO REMARKS
ROBERT G. CARD,PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FINANCIAL REVIEW
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
ALAIN-PIERRE RAYNAUD,EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT ANDCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
� On June 23, 2014, SNC-Lavalin announced that it has reached an agreement with Kentzon the terms of a cash acquisition
� Consideration: £9.35 per share
� Acquisition value: £1.2B ($2.1B)1
� Financed by a recourse non-revolving acquisition credit agreement “Acquisition Facility”:
• $2.55B asset sale bridge facility, to be repaid with the proceeds of AltaLink, maturing the latest in December 2015
• $200M term facility, maturing the latest in July 2016
� Closing expected in Q3 2014, subject to regulatory approvals and Kentz shareholder approval
Kentz Proposed Acquisition6
� Impact on Q2 2014 financial results:
1. F/X assumption: GBP/CAD exchange rate of 1.8318 as of June 20, 2014
(in mill ion CA$) As at
June 30, 2014
As at
June 30, 2013
Carrying value of the Acquisition Facility 63.6 -
Second Quarter
2014
Second Quarter
2013
Unfavorable remeasurement of a foreign
exchange hedge (mark to market) 20.4 -
Professional fees and other related costs 5.5 -
Acquisition-related costs 25.9 -
2014 2013 2014 2013
Revenues
Services 558.7 723.1 1,062.2 1,373.8
Packages 625.0 736.9 1,235.2 1,460.3
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) 284.0 298.4 659.2 681.2
Infrastructure Concession Investments (ICI) 228.8 185.0 460.0 328.3
Total Revenues 1,696.5 1,943.4 3,416.6 3,843.6
Gross Margin 348.7 231.7 705.6 538.2 Gross Margin % 21% 12% 21% 14%
Selling, General & Administrative expenses 208.3 228.6 395.1 435.7
Restructuring costs 0.8 - 2.0 -
Acquisition-related costs 25.9 - 25.9 -
Second Quarter Six months ended June 30
Consolidated Income Statement
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(in millions CA$) Comments
↑ Packages GM•Reversal in Q1 2014 of Libya Risk Provision taken in Q2 2013•Loss on a project in Algeria taken in 2013•Additional cost taken on
•Decrease in M&M and O&G
•Decrease in Power an M&M, partially offset by increase in I&C and O&G
Acquisition-related costs 25.9 - 25.9 -
EBIT 113.7 3.1 282.6 102.5 EBIT % 7% 0% 8% 3%
Depreciation and amortization included above 29.1 47.0 87.6 91.1
EBITDA 142.8 50.1 370.2 193.6
Depreciation and amortization 29.1 47.0 87.6 91.1
Net financial expenses 63.6 35.1 114.2 68.2
Income before taxes and non-controlling interests 50.2 (32.0) 168.4 34.3
Income tax expense 17.9 5.5 41.5 18.1
Non-controlling interests 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Net income attributable to SNC-Lavalin shareholders 32.2 (37.7) 126.7 15.9
Net income from E&C (46.9) (104.7) (16.1) (86.1) Net income from ICI:
From Highway 407 29.4 21.8 58.7 38.6
From AltaLink 44.7 17.5 67.9 31.1
From other ICI 4.9 27.7 16.2 32.3
Net income attributable to SNC-Lavalin shareholders 32.1 (37.7) 126.7 15.9
•Additional cost taken on a hospital in 2013
↓ Services GM↑ ICI GM, due to AltaLink and
H407
Restructuring plans and Value Up program
Mark to market of a F/X hedge
Additional non-recourse debt related to Altalink and John Hart
Ceased to depreciate and amortize Altalink non-current assets, effective May 1, 2014
SG&A Trend by Quarter 8
(in millions CA$)
208.3
228.7
207.1
225.1
249.3
175.7
208.2
150.0
200.0
250.0
186.8
-24.2
-20,3
-20.4
-32.5
YTD decrease of 9.3%
0.0
50.0
100.0
Q12013
Q42013
Q42012
Q32013
Q32012
Q22014
Q22013
Q12014
10.5%
9.0%
10.6%
10.9%12.3%
10.3%
10.9%
11.8%
*As % of Revenue
Decline in SG&A mainly due to cost savings resulting from the Company’s restructuring plans implemented in the 2nd half of 2013, and other initiatives under the Value Up program.
69.0
176.5
267.4
100
150
200
250
300
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EBIT by Segment(in millions CA$)
•Higher EBIT from Altalink,
,
•Higher EBIT from Altalink,
which includes impact of cease
in depreciation in 2014
•Higher dividend received
from Highway 407
•Lower contribution from SKH
,
Lower volume of
Packages activity•2014 continues to be
affected by legacy
fixed price projects
• 2013 included a loss
of $70M relating to a
�2014 continue to be
affected by legacy
fixed price projects
�2013 included:
• A risk provision of
$47M for a Lybian
project (reversed in
Q1 2014)
• Additional cost of
$32M for an
hospital project
18.5
-97.7
-4.1
21.0 26.5
-2.0-16.9-10.4
9.5
-100
-50
0
50
O&G
-81.0
E&WM&MPower
36.2
ICI O&MI&C
REW Infrastructure
Six months ended June 2014Six months ended June 30 2013
of $70M relating to a
project in Algeria
Revenue Backlog by Activity
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(in billions CA$)
6,0
8,0
10,0
8,38,4
1,9
8,2
2,0 2,2
O&M
Book-to-bill ratio (YTD) 0.97 1.06 0.74
4,0
0,0
2,0
1,5
December2013
4,8 4,8
1,6
March2014
June2014
1,6
4,5
Packages
Services
O&M
As at June 30, As at March 31
2014 2014Revenue backlog
Services 1,526.0 1,604.3
Packages 4,843.4 4,780.9
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) 1,843.8 1,988.9
Total Revenue Backlog 8,213.2 8,374.1
Main Challenging Projects in Backlog
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(in millions CA$)
Challenging Projects
Hospitals (~ 50% to be recognized by end of 2014, rest by end 2016) 464.4 566.0
Roads (to be recognized by end of 2014) 26.2 32.2
North Africa (to be recognized by end of 2014) 48.5 67.9
Other 62.8 62.7
601.9 728.8
Total Revenue Backlog, excl. challenging projects 7,611.3 7,645.3
17% sequential decrease
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Financial PositionJune 30 December 31
2014 2013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 853 1,109
Asset of disposal group classified as held for sale 6,779 -
Other current assets 2,786 2,807
Property and equipment :
From ICI - 5,132
Excluding ICI 163 180
ICI accounted for by the equity or cost methods 904 876
Goodwill 379 577
Other non-current assets and deferred income tax asset 914 1,092
12,778 11,773
Liabilities and Equity
(in millions CA$)
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt :
Recourse 64 -
Non-recourse from ICI 418 277
Liabilities of disposal group classified as held for sale 5,108 -
Other current liabilities 3,774 4,166
Long-term debt:
Recourse 349 349
Non-recourse from ICI 509 3,537
Other non-current liabilities and deferred income tax liability 445 1,404
10,667 9,733
Equity attributable to SNC Lavalin shareholders 2,107 2,037
Non-controlling interests 4 3
12,778 11,773
Debt to equity ratio 0.16 0.14
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1,109
370
1,020
8531,000
1,500
-427
-426
Cash Flow – Year-to-Date(in millions CA$)
EBITDAFrom E&C (+49M)From ICI (+321M)
Cash and cash equivalents as at
December 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents as at
June 30, 2014
Other mainly due to interest paid
-141M, net increase in investment -221M and
dividends paid -73M
Net increase in non-recourse long-term
debt from ICI(AltaLink +724M,
InPower BC +290M)
Acquisition of property and
equipments (-768M from AltaLink and -26M from E&C)
Net change in non-cash working
capital items
1,020
0
500
-793
2014 Outlook� EPS to be in the range of $2.80 and $3.05
› Based on the assumptions that:
• Environment & Water, Infrastructure & Construction and Oil & Gas sub-segments will continue to be challenging;
• Mining & Metallurgy sub-segment will continue to be affected by the softening of the commodity markets;
• Increased contributions from the ICI segment and the O&M sub-
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• Increased contributions from the ICI segment and the O&M sub-segment; and
• SG&A expenses will continue to decrease mainly as a result of new initiatives and ongoing activities associated with SNC-Lavalin’s company-wide profit improvement program.
› This outlook does not take into account the eventual gain on the sale of the Company’s interest in AltaLink, as well as the impact of the proposed acquisition of Kentz, including all acquisition-related costs.
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� If you have further questions, please contact:
Denis Jasmin
tel: 514 393-8000, ext. # 57553
E-mail: [email protected]
� Replay of conference call:
Investor Relations section of website:
www.snclavalin.com
WE CARE embodies SNC-Lavalin’s key corporate values and beliefs. It is the cornerstone of everything we do as a company. Health and safety, employees, the environment, communities and quality: these values all influence the decisions we make every day. And importantly, they guide us in how we serve our clients and therefore affect how we are perceived by our external partners. WE CARE is integral to the way we perform on a daily basis. It is both a responsibility and a source of satisfaction and pride by providing such important standards to all we do.
WE CARE about the health and safety of our employees, of those who work under our care, and of the people our projects serve.
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WE CARE about our employees, their personal growth, career development and general well-being.
WE CARE about the communities where we live and work and their sustainable development, and we commit to fulfilling our responsibilities as a global citizen.
WE CARE about the environment and about conducting our business in an environmentally responsible manner.
WE CARE about the quality of our work.